Covid-19 cases, deaths on the rise: Health Minister

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Covid-19 patients at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, December 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy

 

With the pandemic situation basically under control, both community cases and deaths are rising in many localities, the Minister of Health warned Friday.

 

In the past seven days, Vietnam recorded over 14,400 cases a day on average compared to 14,300 the previous week, while the average daily fatality rate rose to 218 from 187, Minister Nguyen Thanh Long told a meeting of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.

 

In Ho Chi Minh City, the average number of daily infections in the past 14 days has risen by 12 percent against the previous 14 days. The rate in Hanoi is as high as 149 percent.

 

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